Afr Scraper
Spider read afr.com in 148 ms without a browser and returned 238 lines of clean markdown.
Readers’ letters on the property slump, widow tax, capital versus income, immigration, America’s Cup, carbon credits and climate change.* Climate policy### Ending native forest harvesting for carbon credits is madnessThe move would simply shift environmental impacts elsewhere, most likely offshore, while denying Australians access to a renewable resource in demand.* Flexible working### Peak business groups shut out of Victorian WFH talksThe work-from-home bill will likely be debated in the legislative council next week, and business groups fear time is running out to put their case.* Energy transition### ‘Where will the energy come from?’: Fresh doubts over Vic powerRenewables investors want more certainty over coal power closures but some doubt if there is enough power to shutter Victoria’s oldest plant in 2028.* Emissions### Labor considers capping carbon offsets for Australia’s biggest pollutersThe Albanese government has launched a review of its flagship policy to cut carbon emissions in the heavy industrial sector.* Property prices### CGT and negative gearing changes improving housing affordability, says Chris MinnsHousing advocates and Labor’s union base are cheering improved affordability in Sydney, one of the world’s most expensive housing markets.* Science### AI just created entirely new viruses not found in natureScientists used artificial intelligence to manufacture synthetic viruses, in a breakthrough that could advance healthcare but also raises biosafety concerns.* Trump's White House### Trump taps BHP and Rio Tinto to fix critical minerals gapExecutives from the ASX mining giants will attend high-level talks with the Trump administration to help break Beijing’s stranglehold on critical minerals.* AI### He’s back. Baby-faced investor makes $567m bet after AI implosionThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on afr.com.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://afr.com");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const spider = new Spider({ apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY! });
const result = await spider.scrapeUrl("https://www.afr.com", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What afr.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.001814 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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Start scraping afr.com.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.